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Healthcare Support Worker Special School Nursing
The closing date is 22 March 2026
Join our award-winning Special School Nursing Team and make a real difference in the lives of Children and Young People with complex health needs.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to support students across nine schools in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the Isle of Wight. You will work closely with a small, dedicated healthcare team, helping school staff feel confident in providing care and ensuring every child can access education safely.
We offer a comprehensive induction, including hands‑on experience in all our schools, alongside a blended learning training programme combining face‑to‑face and online learning. You will have opportunities to develop your skills, take on link responsibilities in areas you are passionate about, and access funded qualifications, including apprenticeships and degree pathways. We have already supported staff on their journey to becoming Registered Nurses!
To apply for this post, it is essential that you hold a level 3 health qualification (or evidence of working towards one), experience with Children and Young People, Learning Disabilities, and a valid driving licence.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career with a supportive and innovative team, apply today.
Current role based in St Georges and Medina House school and is term time only of 30 hours a week.
Main duties of the job
The special school nursing Health Care Support Worker (SSN HCSW) will work as part of the special school nursing team in a multi‑agency and multidisciplinary environment.
* Knowledge and experience of clinical skills including, but not limited to epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, medications administration, clinical observations, suction, oxygen administration.
* Main duties will include growth monitoring, medications management support, health promotion, trouble‑shooting clinical equipment, stock monitoring and cleaning, clinical observations and PEWS, documentation and caseload management.
* Support the Special school nurses with specific delegated tasks and skills including clinic support, referrals to other services, transition into and out of school or to adult services, support the training of school staff, attendance at safeguarding and multidisciplinary meetings and clinical administration support.
* Maintain own training, CPD and competency.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Healthcare qualification Level 3 or working towards gaining equivalent level.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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